Delayed Decision will be Disastrous By R. Chandra Prakash My stint with Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), particularly between 2013-2016, provided me with opportunities to study civic issues of the city. That period also happened to be the period of dialogue on Mysore Master Plan-2031, with Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) and Mysuru City Corporation (MCC). …
Inmates of Shelter Camps return to native places
May 11, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Hundreds of people sheltered in temporary shelter homes across the city following the COVID-19 lockdown have started returning to their native places after the lockdown curbs were relaxed last week. While some of them have returned to their villages, others have returned for labour. Subsequent to the announcement of nationwide lockdown in the last…
Pay Property Tax till July end but no clarity on rebate
May 8, 2020Cash counters at 9 MCC Zonal Offices kept open from May People can pay taxes by following social distancing norms Cash-strapped Karnataka Government to introduce Akrama-Sakrama Scheme in Mysuru too Mysore/Mysuru: Providing relief to the tax-payers of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), Urban Development Minister B.A. Basavaraj (Byrathi Basavaraj) yesterday said that the State Government has…
Garbage issues surface following lockdown relaxation
May 7, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Mysuru city, which was clean and tidy following lockdown, is now facing garbage issues following relaxation of lockdown rules. The garbage generation in the city had dropped following the lockdown to tame the spread of Coronavirus. Though Mysuru City is still in the Red Zone, the District Administration has partially relaxed the lockdown rules…
Unkempt plot gives jitters to residents at Gokulam 3rd Stage
May 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Residents of Gokulam 3rd Stage, 4th Main in city are living in constant anxiety since years due to a vacant site next to their house that is filled with overgrown bushes and weeds which has become a breeding place for mosquitoes and a safe haven for snakes, rodents, scorpions and other pests. As the…
Sub-standard OFC junction boxes on roads causing problems to vehicle users
May 6, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Citizens and commuters who have faced major inconvenience on busy roads especially during peak hours due to incessant digging of roads across the city to lay Optical Fibre Cables (OFCs) by agencies attached to private telecom companies earlier are now facing a lot of problems while travelling as the earth around OFC junction boxes…
Dist. Minister holds meeting to sort out differences between Mayor and MCC Commissioner
May 3, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Following complaints by Mayor Tasneem that MCC Commissioner Gurudatta Hegde was not taking her and other Corporators into confidence during the launch of the MCC’s COVID-19 lockdown initiatives such as distribution of food, ration kits and medicines and launching of Fever Clinics in the city, District Minister S .T. Somashekar held a meeting with…
No face masks: MCC officials collect Rs. 18,400 fine from flouters
May 2, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: The MCC Health officials, who conducted an operation in all nine MCC Zones against those not wearing face masks, have collected a total fine of Rs. 18, 400 yesterday. The details of fines collected in all nine zones is as follows: Zone1-Rs.1,000; Zone 2-Rs. 3,900; Zone 3-Rs. 800; Zone 4-Rs.1,100; Zone 5-Rs. 3,000; Zone…
From May 1, shell out Rs. 100 penalty for not wearing masks
April 28, 2020Spitting in public too will attract a fine of Rs. 100 Mysore/Mysuru: The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) seems to be bracing up for a systematic exit plan from the lockdown after an official announcement is made by the Centre. As a first step, it has made face masks mandatory from May 1. If you are…
Mysuru’s veteran RSS leader gets phone call from Modi
April 27, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Amid the COVID-19 outbreak, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is making a special effort to check on the health of his senior colleagues in the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in keeping with his reminder to people on Apr. 14 to take special care of senior citizens in their homes. The PM is calling on several…
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